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It’s Time For Africa to Join the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
In West Africa, there is a beautiful country ... the highest mortality rates associated with air pollution in the world. The curse of fossil fuels can only be stopped if we cease the drilling ...
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African governments opt for gas-run cars over EVs to drive down transport emissions
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OPINION | Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector
Electric vehicles could solve a number of problems but have been slow to take off in Africa. Its biggest economy ... Just over half of all electricity in the region comes from burning fossil fuels.
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2024 was the hottest year on record, breaching a critical climate goal and capping 10 years of unprecedented heat
Last year was 1.6 degrees hotter than the period before humans began burning large amounts of fossil fuels, Copernicus ... and levels of planet-heating pollution reached unprecedented highs.
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Africa: It's Time for Africa to Join the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
In West Africa, there is a beautiful country ... the highest mortality rates associated with air pollution in the world. The curse of fossil fuels can only be stopped if we cease the drilling ...